this is bbc news. welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. i'm maryam moshiri. our top stories: the new coronavirus claims its first death outside china. the philippines confirms a 44—year—old man was being treated for the infection. and has died. president trump rallies his supporters as he's set to be acquitted in his impeachment trial. britain outside the european union. the prime minister prepares to put forward his plans for international trade after brexit. bushfires threaten parts of the australian capital canberra, as a state of emergency is declared.

some breaking news for you. within the past half hour, officials in the philippines have confirmed that a man has died of coronavirus — it's the first death from the outbreak outside china. the man was visiting the philippines from the city of wuhan which is the epicentre of the virus. in china itself there's been another big jump in the number of cases. officials there say 304 people have died so far, with nearly 2,000 new cases confirmed, bringing the total to more than 1a,000 cases. countries around the world have closed their borders to arrivals from china — but global health officials have advised against such measures. james ra nsley reports. wuhan and its surrounding cities remain on lockdown. some are let through

if they meet certain criteria, and others have to beg to be let out. translation: i'm very upset because they're treating patients with coronavirus, but my daughter has leukaemia and she also needs to be treated by a doctor. they are eventually let through, but many residents have been denied passage. and now the united states, where there are confirmed cases of the virus, has stepped up its own efforts to contain the outbreak. the president has signed a presidential proclamation temporarily suspending the entry into the us of foreign nationals who pose a risk of transmitting the 2019 novel coronavirus. china has called the travel ban unkind, and insists it can contain the virus. there is no reason for measures of unnecessary interfere with international travel and the trade.

as foreign governments continue to evacuate their citizens from wuhan, countries like australia, russia, japan, pakistan and italy have also announced similar travel bans. health officials say the coronavirus is more contagious than china's similar sars epidemic in 2003. but it is not as deadly, and they are warning against countries closing their borders. whenever people want to travel, they will, and if the official paths are not open they will find unofficial paths, but the only way to control, to check fever for example, to identify travel is to try to monitor who is coming across your border, and to see whether they have any signs of infection, is through official border crossing points. as china races to build hospitals for those infected with the virus, it fears further isolation from the rest of the world could make matters worse. james ransley, bbc news. president trump is a step closer to being acquitted in his impeachment trial after the us senate voted against calling witnesses. he has been accused of abusing

his power and obstructing congress. 0ne senior democrat accused republicans of being accomplices to a presidential cover—up. from washington, ben wright reports. are there any senators in the chamber wishing to change his or her vote? if not, the yeas are a9, the nays are 51. and with that vote, the beginning of the end of president trump's impeachment trial. just two republican senators broke ranks with their party, and joined democrats demanding more evidence. it was their last chance to try and trip up a president who left the white house for florida last night more confident than ever that the senate will acquit him of obstructing congress and abusing his power. democrats had been desperate to hear testimony from this man. donald trump's former national security advisor, john bolton.

according to the new york times, mr bolton writes in a forthcoming book that president trump instructed him to withhold military aid from ukraine in exchange for dirt on democratic rivals. if the president is acquitted with no witnesses, no documents, the acquittal will have no value. but white house lawyers insist their transcript of phone calls between the president and ukraine's leader, president zelensky, show the president did nothing wrong. let me read you what our ukrainian ally said. "it was normal. we spoke about many things. "i think, and you read it, that nobody pushed me." only the third presidential impeachment trial in us history will wrap up next week, with closing arguments starting on monday and a final vote on wednesday. the republican—led senate is virtually certain to acquit president trump, who will try and frame this bitterly partisan saga as a washington witch hunt, as he revs up his re—election campaign. this is our moment in history. but democrats campaigning in iowa ahead of monday's

caucus, the first poll in this election season, hope voters will pass a different verdict on president trump's fitness for office, come november. ben wright, bbc news, washington. let's get some of the day's other news. iraq's new prime minister, mohammed tawfiq allawi, has immediately signalled his support for protesters who've been demanding an overhaul of the entire political system. he's been appointed by the president after rival parliamentary parties failed to agree on a candidate. some protesters have already rejected mr allawi. the israeli military says it's hit a number of targets in the gaza strip belonging to the palestinian militant group, hamas. it said it took the action after a number of rockets were fired from gaza, aimed at israeli civilians. the president of ecuador, lenin moreno, has been forced to apologise after saying that women only report allegations of sexual harassment when they find the man ugly. he said that women usually

overlook the situation if the man is handsome. his comments prompted furious reaction on social media. borisjohnson is to address foreign diplomats and business leaders on monday in a speech on his plans for international trade after brexit. the british prime minister will confirm that he wants to negotiate a free trade deal with brussels. president macron of france pledged continuing friendship but said the level of access to the eu's single market would depend on how many of its rules britain accepts. here's our political correspondent chris mason. a winter's day like any other, and yet symbolically, legally, psychologically, everything has changed. for the first full day in 47 years, the uk isn't part of the club of our nearest neighbours, a triumph for those who partied here last night... we should celebrate

the fact that, freed from the constraints of the european union, we once again will be able to find our place in the world! on monday, the prime minister will set out how he plans to do this. he wants a relatively loose arrangement with the eu, similar to the one canada has, and he wants to negotiate deals with countries such as the united states and japan at the same time. but look at this... the european flag still flying on the flagpole outside the scottish parliament. plenty are deeply upset at what's happened. those wanting scottish independence claim brexit proves why breaking away from the uk is necessary. we can look the people of scotland in the eye and say, "look, we really did try to turn this around, but because the people of scotland aren't in charge of events, we're suffering the loss of our european

status." what comes next is going to be the challenge, but today is just a sad day. in bristol, those hoping to be labour's next leader also expressed their regret, but the shadow brexit secretary said brexit had taught him that... from paris today, a letter... but, he added, ease of access to the eu's markets would depend on how many of its rules the uk accepted. i think in a way, none of us are able to take on board the enormity of what has happened, and the words can't describe the uncertainty of the future for both ourselves and the european union, and indeed in the united kingdom. and for that reason, the scaffolding needed to create that new long—term relationship will soon be as visible as the real thing here. chris mason, bbc news. alongside a trade deal, the uk and the eu must also agree a deal on how to co—operate when it comes to their security. with lives at stake, it is a big priority for both sides, but withjust 11 months to the end of the transition period, how much can

be achieved? 0ur europe correspondent gene mackenzie reports. inside this lorry, the dead bodies of 39 vietnamese people, smuggled across borders last october to reach the uk. this was an international criminal operation. as countries fight these increasingly complex crimes of trafficking as well as drug smuggling and terror, more and more they are having to work together. thousands of police operations are run from here every year, the headquarters of europol, so in there, police from across europe are sharing information, resources and strategies. but when the uk leaves the european union, it loses its membership there. until 2018, it was run by this brit, sir rob wainwright. every day, uk police officers, port officials, border officials are relying on the fact that they can check instantaneously certain eu systems, for example.

rely on agencies like europol to deal with international criminal problems. so in that sense, if you replace it with nothing, yes of course that would be a major security challenge for the uk. and it is notjust these joined—up police operations. the eu has a whole load of systems that make it easier to identify, track, and extradite criminals. the uk could lose access to massive databases that hold millions of pieces of data from fingerprints and dna, and allow police to track suspects as they move between countries. so in this next round of negotiations, both sides have a critical task. they have to agree a new way of working together that protects their security. how much bargaining power do you think the uk will have when it comes to security? i think they have some bargaining power, more than in free trade, but if you want to participate in certain agencies,

you have to also think about that you have to participate in the policies. they have to live up to the union rights standards and the data protection standards if they want to have access to databases of europol and the european union. we are going to have to create something new that hasn't been done before, to a certain extent. i do think, though, the period of terror atrocities that europe has gone through over the last 5—7 years focuses the mind, so i am an optimist in nature. i'd like to think we can still get there but there is an awful lot of work still to be done. the government says the security of the uk is its top priority. the next 11 months will show what concessions is prepared to make to keep people safe. jean mackenzie, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: an amazing find. a scientific expedition to the galapagos islands discovers two species of a tortoise previously believed to be extinct.

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this is bbc world news. the latest headlines: the philippines has reported the first fatality from the coronavirus outside china where the number of cases continues to rise sharply. more now on the coronavirus. health officials say the risk to staff and students at the university of york is low after it confirmed one of the first two people to test positive for coronavirus in the uk has been studying there. public health england said it was making "good progress" in tracing people who have come into close contact with the two chinese nationals. 0ur north of england correspondent judith moritz reports. life on campus at york university has carried on as normal today, but amongst the 18,000 students here,

some are worried that one of their peers has tested positive for coronavirus. can you tell me why you're wearing the mask? are you worried? a little. a little nervous because of this. when did you start wearing it here? today! i'm not totally bothered, because i feel like given the number of students at the university, i feel like it might not even spread. i don't think there's many students compared to other bigger universities. the student was taken ill, along with one of their relatives whilst staying at this hotel in york on wednesday. the university says it doesn't believe they came into contact with anyone on campus whilst they had symptoms, but investigations into this are ongoing. we understand this development will cause concern and anxiety, but i want to reassure our students, staff and the wider community that we're working closely with the lead agency, public health england,

and other agencies to manage this situation. the university campus is operating as normal, but extra measures have been put in place, like more hand sanitisers in buildings here and a hotline which has been set up so that students can ring in if they have any questions or concerns. the two patients continue to be treated at this hospital in newcastle. today, public health england said it was making good progress in tracing people who have been in contact with them, and there have been no more confirmed cases of the virus, with 201 people tested negative. we're being looked after to the absolute maximum... meanwhile, at arrowe park hospital in wirral, 83 people have spent their first day 01:14 in quarantine in apartments normally used to house nurses, who've been moved to local hotels. as far as we know, we're all both tickety and boo, and in that order.

12,000 cases of the virus have been confirmed in china and around 100 elsewhere. public health officials say the threat in the uk is moderate. judith moritz, bbc news, york. the un children's agency says the fighting in north—west syria is creating an unprecedented child protection crisis. unicef estimates that there have been more than 300,000 children among those forced to flee their homes in idlib province since early december. grant leaity, deputy director of emergency programmes for unicef told us more. in the course of the last week, we have had the syrian government taking an extremely strategic stronghold, and this was widely seen as one of the beginnings of the resistance in syria,

and it's very close to idlib city. so what we've seen is, since the beginning of december, there have been increased aerial bombardment in this area. however, with this recent incursion, we have seen 260,000 people displaced over the course of the last few days. so, this is clearly a significant shift in the dynamic in the north—west. and, of course this, as you've said, is having a huge impact on children in particular. indeed. you mentioned, of course... we have got a civilian population overall of about 2.8 million in the north—west, and we have an estimated 1.2 million children in need, in need of

humanitarian assistance. it shouldn't be forgotten that at the moment we have a very harsh winter in this part of syria, so people, especially displaced people, some of them are now living in parks and heavy rainfall, so it really is an acute situation for people on the move. so what exactly is being done to help? what can be done to help these people? well, it's an extremely challenging environment. you are aware that there still are two crossings through which we can bring in humanitarian supplies from turkey into the north—west. the third crossing that we used to have in the north—east has been closed, but right now, our specific concern is for the north—west.

of course apart from bringing supplies in, the difficulty is for the partners to... it is extremely dangerous conditions on the ground to work to bring assistance. however, this is still possible to the north of idlib city at this present time. the authority — the syrian government, has announced that they are — the next military objective will be to take an importantjunction between the m4 and m5 motorways, and this would give them control of an access going right through to aleppo, which is a significant gain in territory for the syrian government. tell me about the conditions in which these children are living right now. well, as i mentioned before, one of the aggravating factors

is the harsh winter, but of course, if we are looking to the areas closer to the hostilities, we've seen some very significant aerial bombardment over the past few weeks, and these are the likes of barrel bombs, cluster bombs, so this is an extremely dangerous environment, which is what is provoking the displacement. and so we mentioned earlier that our concern is for the protection of children, and even in schools and hospitals, as we've seen for some time in syria now, these are not off limits for aerial bombings. residents to the south of australia's capital canberra have been put on alert overfears that bushfires may spread.

a state of emergency was declared on friday, the first in the area since deadly fires there in 2003. the territory's emergency services chief says she is keen to avoid panic, but said that evacuations may be necessary. here's our australia correspondent shaimaa khalil. the bushfire south of canberra in the namadgi national park behind me has been burning for more than a week now. today was meant to be the worst day. it's already ravaged through 115,000 hectares, about 15% or more of the australian capital territory, or the act. now, the head of the emergency services here has said there's no immediate danger to suburbs in canberra, but said the situation could change for areas south of the capital. so, in the suburb of banks, where i am right now, people here have been told to keep a close eye on fire activity. you've got the combination of sweltering heat — today has been a really hot day, the wind picking up and tinder—dry landscape.

that's how things can get worse. the fire itself has been behaving erratically, spreading in multiple directions. and then, of course, there are the embers. theyjump way ahead of the main front, causing their own fires. we understand that embers from this blaze have caused spot fires in new south wales. that's really what worries people in the southern suburbs, the kind of damage that embers can cause. something else has been weighing heavily on people here, and that's the memory of a devastating fire of 2003 when four people were killed and 500 homes were destroyed. that's why the authorities are not taking any chances. a state of emergency has been called, there are constant warnings on the radio, we've seen aircraft fly over the blaze, dumping water and fire retardant. the military has been knocking on some people's doors, advising them on what to do in the case of evacuation. everybody now is watching closely and waiting to see how the fire is going to behave. a scientific expedition to the galapagos islands has

discovered two species of the galapagos tortoise, which were previously believed to be extinct. it's an exciting find for scientists who say one of the young female tortoises could be related to ‘lonesome george', a gentle giant who died almost eight years ago and was thought to be the last of his kind. freya cole reports. nestled into the crevices of wolf volcano, the highest peak of the galapagos islands, are 30 prehistoric giants. until this moment, scientists thought they ceased to exist. translation: 29 have genetic ancestry of the extinct floreana tortoise. and one female juvenile tortoise is of genetic ancestry of the extinct pinta tortoise. the last remaining pinta tortoise died eight years ago. his name was lonesome george. he was 100 years old and he didn't produce any offspring,

although scientists tried for years. but this new discovery could help track down a direct descendant. scientists also hope to facilitate breeding of both the pinta and florea na tortoises to help grow numbers of the fragile species. translation: hopefully, in the very near future, we can bring back two species that were extinct, and with captive breeding and scientific work, we can recover them. it's an exciting opportunity to rebuild the ecosystem. itjust might be slow going. freya cole, bbc news. residents of japan's ancient capital, kyoto, are voting for their mayor today after an election campaign that's featured strong concerns about over—tourism. two of the candidates have vowed to rein in the current mayor's tourist—friendly

policies, including clamping down on building new hotels. that on building new hotels. is it for this edition of bbc that is it for this edition of bbc news. come back laterfor more. goodbye. hello. well, the second half of the weekend is looking pretty changeable across the uk on the weather front, so we've got some rain on the way. that should be sweeping across the uk through the morning. there's actually a little bit of sunshine in the forecast as well. so, let's have a look at the forecast through the early hours then. so, rain already across the south—west of the uk and through the nights, making its journey towards the north of the country, but never reaching scotland. in fact, most of scotland, that is, at 5:00 in the morning is clear, and there's also a touch of frost. but in the south, it's a different story. it's mild and it's wet — you can see where the heavy rain is around 5:00 or 6:00 in the morning. now, by that time we get to around 5:00 or 6:00 in the morning, the weather

will have improved already across the far south—west of the country, and then by mid—morning, we've got some sunshine in the midlands, and by late morning, even some sunshine getting into parts of yorkshire. but the far north of england and scotland in for a wet morning and afternoon, and also the possibility of a bit of temporary snow there falling across the scottish hills. a very mild afternoon in the south, around 1a degrees. now, we also have some showers in the forecast in the west of the country. those will continue into the evening hours on sunday. now, the forecast for monday, and a nasty area of low pressure is forecast to sweep across scotland. that means severe gales on the way and the winds will be picking up early on monday across the western isles of scotland, touching gale force very soon in the morning, and then basically through the morning into the afternoon, those winds will build. you can see some heavy rain sweeping through too, possibly some snow across the mountains. to the south of that, it's drier and brighter, maybe the southern counties getting a little dose of snow,

but we're going to focus on those winds, very strong indeed, possibly up to around 80mph in gusts around the western isles of scotland, and then monday evening into early tuesday, we're expecting the worst of the weather to transfer to eastern parts of scotland, and here, you can see gusts of around 70mph, for example, for murray, aberdeenshire and it's expected to be very windy inland, through the lowlands as well, and these winds could cause some delays and some structural damage in places as well. and then thursday, in the wake of this weather system, again, some nasty winds possibly affecting eastern parts of the uk. so this is thursday. that high pressure is going to build, but not until the following day on wednesday. so, some very windy weather to come through monday and tuesday and then calming down across the uk come wednesday. that's it from me. bye— bye.

this is bbc news. the headlines: the coronavirus has claimed its first death outside china. the philippines has confirmed a 44—year—old man visiting from the chinese city of wuhan was being treated there for the infection. in china itself over 300 people have now died. britain's prime minister is to address foreign diplomats and business leaders to set out his plans for international trade after brexit. the french president said the level of access to the eu's single market would depend on how many of its rules britain accepts. president trump is a step closer to being acquitted in his impeachment trial after the us senate voted against calling witnesses. he has been accused of abusing his power and obstructing congress. one senior democrat accused republicans of being accomplices to a presidential cover—up.